Jeep renegade vs subaru forester forum
I'm still transitioning from fast sports saloon to slow big land yacht. Diesel, 4wd, can haul my stuff around the mountains, good gas mileage and range while surrounded in a leather cocoon with dolby digital while churning down the highway or stuck in traffic. Like the Nissan, was offered shit on trade ($11k), so I just kept it.Ģ017 Range Rover TD6. Original owner and was my daily until last month. I kept after they only offered $2500 on a trade (for a Saab back in 2000).Ģ008 BMW M3. This was my first hand-me-down office car. Always in a various state of something wearing out original owner. 4-barrel, hot cam, family cage, lift and lockers. Had so many things wrong it was cheaper to buy the next one.ġ980 International Harvester Scout II. So it’s basically been my expensive rolling toolshed for a couple decades. Chevy drivetrain from a botched engine swap, non-runner, needs a ton of work including a frame.
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Slowly figuring out how to tune dual SU carbs.ġ973 Land Rover 88 Series III. That little camper and I had many adventures in my late teens to early 20s.ġ971 Datsun 240z still titled under my parents the original owners. What it did have, however, was a little camper shell just big enough for 2 people or one person with a couple dogs to stretch out in comfortably, with a carpet and padding kit of the ultimate '70s carpet in mottled shades of yellow/gold. My absolute favorite vehicle ever was actually a piece of crap - a '77 Datsun pickup (that model year had legendary terrible breaks, you can still Google it now and find rants about the brakes). I remember the first time I saw one thinking it looked like the bastard child of a Subaru Outback and an Audi TT. I think architects tend to want either sports cars or trucks/SUVs, so I think the perfect architect's SUV/sexy sports car crossovers are the Infiniti FX series. I wanted a small SUV primarily for cargo capacity, as I have some equipment-intensive hobbies, and have been a little disappointed in the Patriot in that regard - they really took the small in "small SUV" seriously - but other than that I have been pretty happy with it. I'll post a photo set of the camper build when it's done.Īs for a dream car, if money was no object I'd shell out six figures for a Bollinger or a convert a classic to electric:Īfter a lifetime of whatever used car I could afford, I bought my first brand new car in 2014 (age 47) - a Jeep Patriot. The overall scheme is to stop having "my car & her car" and start having "the city car" that we use when we need to go somewhere we can't walk / bike / bus, and "the mountain truck" for our weekend adventures. Once that's squared away we're planning to trade in my wife's old Toyota Matrix for some sort of plug in hybrid. I have a Leer canopy on order & working on a design for a minimalist camper build. I'm selling it because in the fall we bought a lifted '06 Tundra (nicknamed it the "Tig Ol' Bundra"). I'm currently in the process of fixing it up one last time so I can sell it. I've probably spent more in maintenance in the past 5 years than I spent to buy the car. It's gorgeous, but like Wood Guy said - I don't trust it. In 2015 I bought the quintessential Architect's Car: a black Volvo V70R.